The Best Homemade Ice-Cream

An infinitely adaptable recipe to make ice cream for a single serving. The base is simple and easy and the flavor options are limitless. This simple and delicious homemade ice-cream recipe is from a blog called “Buttermilk by Sam”:

“I aimed for us to scoop out a spoonful and come up with the creamiest stuff ever; so I developed a specific formula to follow. My hope is that you will say, well I won’t be buying a tub of ice cream or going out to the store because I can make it myself. Whoop!”

Watch the video below to see how it’s done then scroll down to find the full recipe x

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cream cheese (you can skip this, the ice cream will be slightly less creamy)
  • 2 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • A pinch of fine sea salt
  • 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream or heavy cream
  • 2-3 tablespoons of other flavoring such as fruit puree, nut butter, etc. If using nut butter, can omit cream cheese or sweetened condensed milk but not both. If using Nutella skip the sugar so it’s not overly sweet.
  • 2 tablespoons mix-ins of chocolate, cookies, cake, sprinkles, nuts, etc

Method

  1. Add all the ingredients to a mason jar, except any add-ins, and beat together with a hand mixer. Alternatively, add them all to a bowl and beat. It’s easier if you mix the base first (without the heavy cream) so that the cream cheese fully dissolves, and then add the heavy cream and mix until thick.
  2. Stop whipping when there are no more lumps and the mixture is smooth, thick, and creamy. It’ll take about 5 minutes or so.
  3. Stir in mix-ins, if using.
  4. Transfer to jar, seal, and freeze until solid, at least 4 hours but preferably overnight.

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231 thoughts on “The Best Homemade Ice-Cream

    • Eunice M. says:

      This is such a great alternative for our little fussy eaters. My grandkids will be spoilt rotten this summer. I like that you can prepare different varieties without spending a fortune.

  1. Natasha S. says:

    This seems to be a quick, easy and yummy recipe my son would enjoy making it and best of all taste tester 😁😂😃😀 Thank you for sharing hopefully we can make time over the weekend to make the ice-cream 💓